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'They never broke my spirit': Survivors of Indian schools on Menominee Reservation demand Catholic church to acknowledge abuse.+
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As the church bells ring twice a day, at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., every day at St. Anthony’s in Neopit on the Menominee Reservation, advocate Lorraine Shooter said the post-traumatic stress disorder in some of the elders nearby becomes triggered.+
The elders had been students at St. Anthony’s School at a time when U.S. government and church policy was to forcefully assimilate Indigenous youth and separate them from their traditional culture and language.+
French Catholic Church recognizes 'responsibility' for child sex abuse.
Have they?
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Have they?
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French bishops have agreed that the church allowed for the abuse of children to become "systemic." The recognition follows the release of a shocking report last month.+
The French Catholic Church bears "institutional responsibility" for the thousands of child abuse cases documented in a report released in October, French bishops said on Friday.+
The European Court of Human Rights Rejects Child Sex Abuse Case Against Catholic priests who sought to hold the Vatican responsible, saying the Holy See benefited from legal immunity granted to sovereign states.+
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The ECHR ruling found that 24 alleged French, Belgian and Dutch victims could not demand prosecution against the Vatican and compensation for what they deemed a "policy of silence" on the issue of sexual abuse.+
The claimants, who originally filed their case in Belgium but saw it rejected in first instance and on appeal, said their right to access to a court had been denied.
